@jod45.bsky.social
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One lesson from the Epstein–Mandelson affair is that we need to stop routinely rehabilitating political careers after serious scandals.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
February 4, 2026 at 1:08 PM
One lesson from the Epstein–Mandelson affair is that we need to stop routinely rehabilitating political careers after serious scandals.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
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CROW (Palindrome)
Deft,
I saw a crow
over us,
a sure vow or caw
as it fed.
Deft,
I saw a crow
over us,
a sure vow or caw
as it fed.
February 4, 2026 at 8:05 AM
CROW (Palindrome)
Deft,
I saw a crow
over us,
a sure vow or caw
as it fed.
Deft,
I saw a crow
over us,
a sure vow or caw
as it fed.
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The next issue of #TheDeeperRead drops on Fri 6 Feb at 8am, featuring "The Ledge" by Glyn Maxwell from his @tseliotprize.bsky.social-shortlisted book 'How The Hell Are You', available from Picador. Please subscribe and share if you fancy it - it's free! substack.com/@suzannafitz...
February 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM
The next issue of #TheDeeperRead drops on Fri 6 Feb at 8am, featuring "The Ledge" by Glyn Maxwell from his @tseliotprize.bsky.social-shortlisted book 'How The Hell Are You', available from Picador. Please subscribe and share if you fancy it - it's free! substack.com/@suzannafitz...
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Bernie Sanders is America's Jeremy Corbyn - a great man but someone who will never hold power.
America, you have done some silly things recently, but failing to elect this man is right up there.
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Bernie Sanders is America's Jeremy Corbyn - a great man but someone who will never hold power.
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CITY SCAFFOLD: A sonnet of no fixed rhyme scheme, composed in iambic trimeter. Each line has exactly 14 letters. The poem's Ts are arranged such that they form a symmetrical, X-shaped scaffold.
February 3, 2026 at 8:54 AM
CITY SCAFFOLD: A sonnet of no fixed rhyme scheme, composed in iambic trimeter. Each line has exactly 14 letters. The poem's Ts are arranged such that they form a symmetrical, X-shaped scaffold.
A beautiful painting!
February 3, 2026 at 10:21 PM
A beautiful painting!
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Why is is so hard for Nigel Farage and Matt Goodwin to reject the support of the far right extremist criminal, Tommy Robinson?
February 3, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Why is is so hard for Nigel Farage and Matt Goodwin to reject the support of the far right extremist criminal, Tommy Robinson?
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To the 'Daily Express' :
Are those "freedoms" in the room with us now?
Have you spoken to a psychiatrist about these delusions?
🤣🤣🤦🏻
#r4today #bbcnews #ukpolitics #Brexit
Are those "freedoms" in the room with us now?
Have you spoken to a psychiatrist about these delusions?
🤣🤣🤦🏻
#r4today #bbcnews #ukpolitics #Brexit
February 2, 2026 at 8:25 AM
To the 'Daily Express' :
Are those "freedoms" in the room with us now?
Have you spoken to a psychiatrist about these delusions?
🤣🤣🤦🏻
#r4today #bbcnews #ukpolitics #Brexit
Are those "freedoms" in the room with us now?
Have you spoken to a psychiatrist about these delusions?
🤣🤣🤦🏻
#r4today #bbcnews #ukpolitics #Brexit
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Its crazy how so many knew this BEFORE the election and just how many have finally started to see the light.
February 3, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Its crazy how so many knew this BEFORE the election and just how many have finally started to see the light.
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I don't agree historians will be stunned, they've seen thIs throughout history, in the USA.
February 2, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I don't agree historians will be stunned, they've seen thIs throughout history, in the USA.
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“I borrowed in total £55,000…”
“How much do you owe now?"
“£72,000”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Dr Arthur Joustra, a trainee paediatrician, about how his student loan debt has risen since he graduated in 2022 - despite making payments.
#Newsnight
“How much do you owe now?"
“£72,000”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Dr Arthur Joustra, a trainee paediatrician, about how his student loan debt has risen since he graduated in 2022 - despite making payments.
#Newsnight
January 29, 2026 at 1:09 PM
“I borrowed in total £55,000…”
“How much do you owe now?"
“£72,000”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Dr Arthur Joustra, a trainee paediatrician, about how his student loan debt has risen since he graduated in 2022 - despite making payments.
#Newsnight
“How much do you owe now?"
“£72,000”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Dr Arthur Joustra, a trainee paediatrician, about how his student loan debt has risen since he graduated in 2022 - despite making payments.
#Newsnight
A beautiful painting!
Pastel of Newnham Mill pond, Cambridge, with punts and the Granta pub. Note the ducks swimming through the water lilies in the foreground.
#pastel #cambridge #newnham #punting
#pastel #cambridge #newnham #punting
February 2, 2026 at 11:36 PM
A beautiful painting!
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"Canada cannot claim to defend human rights while exporting armoured vehicles that will be used to terrorize communities”: @greenpeaceca.bsky.social calls on MPs to halt export of armoured vehicles to U.S. immigration agency ICE
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/pr...
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/pr...
Greenpeace calls on MPs to halt export of armoured vehicles to U.S. immigration agency ICE - Greenpeace Canada
Toronto – Greenpeace activists unveiled a banner saying “No Canadian Arms for ICE” at the Brampton headquarters of the Canadian company that is building armoured vehicles for the U.S. Immigratio...
www.greenpeace.org
February 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
"Canada cannot claim to defend human rights while exporting armoured vehicles that will be used to terrorize communities”: @greenpeaceca.bsky.social calls on MPs to halt export of armoured vehicles to U.S. immigration agency ICE
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/pr...
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/pr...
America's gun psychopathy continues: *35* mass shootings so far in 2026. 💔😡💔#GunsDontMakeUsSafer
The latest, with 1 person killed and 3 wounded, in Seattle, Wash.: www.kiro7.com/news/local/o...
The latest, with 1 person killed and 3 wounded, in Seattle, Wash.: www.kiro7.com/news/local/o...
One killed, three injured in shooting near Pioneer Square
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) says one person is dead and three were injured in a shooting after a fight broke out in a parking garage near Pioneer Square early Sunday morning.
www.kiro7.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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Brown 1 of the loudest ppl in the better together campaign, the 1 that scared our pensioners now says, he was against The better fear campaign. This man just keeps lying. Now blames it on Labour's collapse in Scotland, yu don't say. 😂
February 1, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Brown 1 of the loudest ppl in the better together campaign, the 1 that scared our pensioners now says, he was against The better fear campaign. This man just keeps lying. Now blames it on Labour's collapse in Scotland, yu don't say. 😂
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Whilst Kent Council is in a mess, and she’s raising council tax after promising not to, all whilst cutting services and adult & social care, Leader of Kent County Council, Linden Kemkaran is knocking on doors in Manchester.
February 2, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Whilst Kent Council is in a mess, and she’s raising council tax after promising not to, all whilst cutting services and adult & social care, Leader of Kent County Council, Linden Kemkaran is knocking on doors in Manchester.
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Farage is thriving because too many people feel the system is stacked against them, and no one in power is telling a convincing story about how that will change.
Read my article about how Labour should respond for @politics.mirror.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Read my article about how Labour should respond for @politics.mirror.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Farage is thriving because people feel the system is stacked against them'
Clive Lewis, chairman of the all-party Parliamentary group on race and communities writes for The Mirror on Nigel Farage's employers' comments
www.mirror.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Farage is thriving because too many people feel the system is stacked against them, and no one in power is telling a convincing story about how that will change.
Read my article about how Labour should respond for @politics.mirror.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Read my article about how Labour should respond for @politics.mirror.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Hi Gorton & Denton, if you have anxiety, know that the Reform UK candidate, Matt Goodwin, thinks you have a mild mental health issue.
He doesn’t think you should be supported.
He doesn’t think you should be supported.
February 1, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Hi Gorton & Denton, if you have anxiety, know that the Reform UK candidate, Matt Goodwin, thinks you have a mild mental health issue.
He doesn’t think you should be supported.
He doesn’t think you should be supported.
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BREAKING: Peter Mandelson resigns from Labour to avoid causing "further embarrassment" to party as result of Epstein links.
February 1, 2026 at 10:32 PM
BREAKING: Peter Mandelson resigns from Labour to avoid causing "further embarrassment" to party as result of Epstein links.
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What if courage, curiosity and compassion led social change?
Listen to this interview with Judith Moran from @quakersocialaction.bsky.social rebeljustice.buzzsprout.com/1893705/epis...
Listen to this interview with Judith Moran from @quakersocialaction.bsky.social rebeljustice.buzzsprout.com/1893705/epis...
102. Quaker Social Action: What If Courage, Curiosity, And Compassion Led Social Change - Rebel Justice
What if the most practical path to justice starts with listening harder than we speak? We sit down with Judith Moran, director of Quaker Social Action, to trace a journey from Victorian philanthropy t...
rebeljustice.buzzsprout.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:37 AM
What if courage, curiosity and compassion led social change?
Listen to this interview with Judith Moran from @quakersocialaction.bsky.social rebeljustice.buzzsprout.com/1893705/epis...
Listen to this interview with Judith Moran from @quakersocialaction.bsky.social rebeljustice.buzzsprout.com/1893705/epis...
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
February 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.